Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path According to the Inquiry of Ugra (Ugrapariprccha)
Nattier, Jan
From Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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From Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since September 17, 1997
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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 383 pages. Seller Inventory # 128875
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Title: Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path According...
Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
About this title
A Few Good Men is a study and translation of The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparipṛcchâ), one of the most influential Mahâyâna sutras on the bodhisattva path, but also one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. To achieve a better understanding of the universe of ideas, activities, and institutional structures within which early self-proclaimed bodhisattvas lived, the author first considers the Ugra as a literary document, employing new methodological tools to examine the genre to which it belongs, the age of its extant versions, and their relationships to one another. She goes on to challenge the dominant notions that the Mahâyâna emerged as a "reform" of earlier Buddhism and offered lay people an "easier option."
A Few Good Men will be compelling reading for scholars and practitioners alike and others interested in the history of Indian Buddhism and the formation of Mahâyâna.
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